Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Change in Cash history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Change in Cash fell 19.53% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $5.0 billion (up 54.16% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.3 billion, up 212.15% from the prior year.
• Change in Cash was $1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $3.3 billion in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$7.9 billion in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of $272.5 million and a median of $1.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Change in Cash.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Change in Cash surged 407.04% — and 2024, when it slumped 474.46%.
• Costco Wholesale's Change in Cash stood at $653.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 407.04% to $3.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 69.77% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then surged by 105.39% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then sank by 43.29% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Change in Cash at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, $2.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $325.0 million in Q3 2025.